i heard in Antonia Fraser's book that her dress book still exists... the one where she would make a decision on wut to wear that day.... is there a copy of that book...?

Yes, this book does exist, there has been a post here about it. I also read that when she chose her dresses for the day, she used pins to poke a hole next to her selections. The pins she used to do this have been found in the floor boards of her room.

Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:11 pm

Louis-Charles

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Indeed the "gazette des atours" of the Queen in the year 1782 is stored in the national files.
And a copy is published, I bought it and I confirm it is very instructive: this book show several fabrics samples with annotations by the Marie-Antoinette's atours woman Mrs Ossun…! Wonderful!

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Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:18 pm

jessica

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wow.... Louis Charles.... can i ask where you got it?? and can u recommend any other books about her (im reading Marie Antoinette: The Journey rite now) and any other movies/documentaries (besides the one with Kirsten Dunst which I absolutely loved) - sry i cant seem to make a new thread for this topic...

ooo and yes.... i heard that Madame Campan (i think) wrote her memoirs... does it survive and are their copies in print that i may read??

Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:47 pm

Louis-Charles

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wow.... Louis Charles.... can i ask where you got it??

I bought it in the Amazon site...but it is in french only I think... It's this :

I think that it is not one of MA's dresses but just because it is beautiful I would wear it.

I think it is just Gorgeous too....! And like you, in spite of it perhaps not being one of Marie-Antoinette's dresses, I would wear it too ! However, because of the Pannier size, I too feel that it is perhaps a Russian example. By the same token, I have encountered "experts" that have told Me that Marie-Antoinette occasionally wore the very wide and full Pannier Dresses as well. But I am not sure how reliable that information is. I personally tend to believe that She did too, as some descriptions I have read in Dutch books have led Me to believe this. One of them also describes and shows a drawing of an amazing Cape/Mantle that The Queen wore over these very wide Pannier Dresses, which was just heavenly Opulent and Grandiose.....it had a Royal Train as well ! I wish I had been there....

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Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:10 am

Monsieur Andre

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Re: Marie Antoinette's Clothing

I just read in a book at my school library that this dress belonged to Sophia Magdalena of Sweden. They had a picture of it. Sorry everybody.

Thank you Andre for that link!It is indeed really very well done with a lot of information and other links! Too bad the Queen did not get to wear it!

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Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:07 am

1750mantuamaker

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Re: Marie Antoinette's Clothing

A photo of a surviving shoe that was worn by Queen Marie Antoinette on her execution day is photographed in the book "The Age of Napoleon". If I knew how to post a picture on the thread Id post it~ but I have no idea how to get a picture on here. The inscription reads "Marie Antoinette's leather and silk slipper, 1793(Musee des Beaux Arts de Caen). The handwritten description on the insole reads: "Slipper worn by Queen Marie Antoinette the ill fated day when she climbed to the scaffold. This shoe was picked up by an individual when the Queen lost it and was immediately bought by M. le comte de Guernon-Ranville.". Rachael

Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:02 am

Madame Rose Bertin

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I went to amazon.com and I couldnt find it! how can I buy this book? I must have it!

I did find this picture of a swatch of her dress and a pair of her shoes...

Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:58 pm

Rosalie

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Re: Marie Antoinette's Clothing

very nice! I wonder what could be her shoe number in moden terms. Does anyone know whether she had small feet?

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